james rampton, who's the features writer at the independent, and the political commentator, jo—anne nadlerady in. in an exclusive, the daily mail reports that three years before he carried out the suicide attack at manchester arena, salman abedi was rescued from violence in libya by the navy. the metro leads on a report by a group of mps warning that sex abuse within aid agencies remains ‘endemic‘ and that charity bosses are more concerned about restoring their reputation, than addressing the scandal. that story is also on the front page of the guardian, the paper quotes that charities have shown "complacency verging on complicity" when it comes to the sex abuse scandal. the financial times claims the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, has softened his opposition to theresa may's post—brexit plans for london's financial services, after the uk clarified that brussels will have the ultimate say over access to european markets. in another brexit story, the times reports that the uk has told brussels that thousands of european investment funds will be under threat if it refuses to give the

reviewers james rampton, who's the features writer at the independent, and the political commentator jo—anne nadler us for that. good evening. counting is under way in historic elections in zimbabwe, the first since independence from british rule, without robert mugabe running for high office. voters have relished the opportunity for new leadership, with turnout said to be as high as 75%. many voters have known no other leader but mr mugabe, and now emmerson mnangagwa of the ruling zanu—pf party, is up against nelson chamisa of the opposition movement for democratic change, in the battle for the presidency. our africa editor fergal keane was in the capital harare this evening. hundreds of foreign and local observers were deployed. most part, that seems to have been the case, remarkable turnout. up 60% since the last election and for those of us recover past violence in this country, it seemed a different zimbabwe. just a year ago, they believed democracy was a sham. a rigged exercise designed to keep an ageing tyrant in power. but today felt like something very different. african laughter and the h

james rampton, who's the features writer at the independent, and the political commentator, jo—anne nadlerin the north of england that were scrapped in may during a timetable shake up have started to run again. but angry commuters have still faced cancellations and delays across manchester, merseyside, lancashire and yorkshire. 0ur correspondent danny savage is at preston station and explains how the new timetable has gone down. it was back in may when they introduced that new timetable. it was followed by chaos. they cancelled dozens and dozens of services. introducing emergency timetable until today. when they tried to put 75% of those services backend. we have been talking to commuters across the area about how they found the last few weeks and today. just after seven this morning, lorna fitzpatrick is waiting in burnley for her daily northern service to leeds. it arrives on time, but lorna says the new timetable means more stops and more passengers. i have this dread every single morning because i know the train is probably going to be late and i'm probably not going to get to work on